Supreme Court · 1957 INSC 26 · Decided 26 March 1957
The State of Uttar Pradesh v. Mohammed Sayeed
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1957 INSC 26 · [1957] 1 S.C.R. 770
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 130/1955
- Decided
- 26 March 1957
- Bench
- NATWARLAL HARILAL BHAGWATI, SYED JAFFER IMAM, A.K. SARKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 379; CrPC Section 499, 514; Constitution Article 227
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH v. MOHAMMED SA YEED (BHAGWATI, JAFER IMAM and A.K. SARKAR JJ.) Surety bond--Undertaking to forfeit sum of monty to King Emperor Qaisar-e-Hind on Jaiture to produce accused-Whether bond legal and er.Jorceable-Code of Criminal Procedure, ss. 499, King Emperor Qaisar-e-Hind as penalty if he failed to do so. Upon his failure to produce the acc;used, the !vfagistrate forfeited the bond to the extent of Rs. 300. The contenlion of the respondent \Vas that the bond not being in favour of the Government, could not be forfeited. Held, that the
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